Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 416
ed, hesaw that what he had thought was a soft white andgold cloud ^-as really the goddess, coming toward Atalantas Race 391 him with her hand stretched out. She came nearerand nearer, and finally dropped at his feet threeshining yellow ap])les. They were not common yel-low apples—no indeed! Tliey… … ATALANTA STOOPED FOR THE APPLE 392 Atalantas Race Then Venus stooped and whispered to the youth,and when he again raised his eyes to thank her, shehad disappeared. But there was a smile on the faceof Hippomenes—he looked as if he were not wor-ried about the race. When he stood side by side with…
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